Tag: persecution

ISIS Begins Imposing Poll Tax on Christians in Mosul – AINA

2014-06-21 Baghdad (AINA) — According to Alsumaria News, an Arabic language website, the High Commission for Human Rights in Iraq has confirmed that ISIS has begun imposing the jizya, a poll tax,…

Pope: Religious Persecution attacks peace and it belittles our dignity

Pope: Religious Persecution attacks peace and it belittles our dignity VATICAN CITY, June 20, 2014 (Zenit.org) – Here is the Pope’s address to the International Congress organized by the Department of Jurisprudence…

Mosul Christians Out of the City for Good – RUDAW.net

By Judit Neurink 19/6/2014  BARDARASH, Kurdistan Region – There is no place for them in an Islamic state, say Christians who fled Iraq’s second city of Mosul for safer areas controlled by…